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post Oct 12 2009, 03:19 AM
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A guy at work is selling his bone stock (down to the wagon wheels!) 6 spd 98 C5 with 61K miles. He is asking about what I could sell my car for (02 Formula) so I am considering it. I like having the back seats for kid hauling duty though and am not crazy for the RED color. Anyway, I am wondering if there would be much, if any, performance gained in going to a Vette vs my car with the suspension mods I have (Strano F/R sway bars, Springs, SFCs, Koni 4/4s). I run about a 13 flat in the 1/4, so I figure I'd be losing some straight line acceleration. I am more interested in track days these days anyway. How do base C5s track? Do they wear out expensive parts (like F-bodies and front wheel bearings)? I don't really think I want to get rid of my car - it was the first car I bought myself when I finished school, but if a Vette is that much of a better starting place for a track car it might be worth it. Any thoughts?
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Terp   98 C5 or 02 FBody   Oct 12 2009, 03:19 AM
marka   Howdy, My thought is that equal prep to equal pre...   Oct 12 2009, 03:26 AM
Mojave   C5 is absolutely worth it. The two biggest proble...   Oct 12 2009, 03:33 AM
trackbird   I can't add much to what was said already. Bu...   Oct 12 2009, 12:09 PM
BigEnos   Wow, you'd never know this is an F-body forum...   Oct 12 2009, 12:35 PM
Terp   Wow, thanks for the replies... I asked on here fir...   Oct 12 2009, 03:24 PM
marka   Howdy, QUOTE (Terp @ Oct 12 2009, 11:24 ...   Oct 12 2009, 04:16 PM
CrashTestDummy   Another issue appears to be the headlight motors. ...   Oct 12 2009, 03:28 PM
Terp   I am looking to have my decision swayed one way or...   Oct 12 2009, 04:22 PM
00 Trans Ram   I think that brake rotors (from Autozone, etc.) ar...   Oct 12 2009, 04:57 PM
sgarnett   Supposedly the 98 fbody ECM is harder to program o...   Oct 12 2009, 05:21 PM
roy   QUOTE (sgarnett @ Oct 12 2009, 07:21 PM) ...   Oct 12 2009, 05:35 PM
Blainefab   Piling on here - After my 94Z28 went to ITE/AIX tr...   Oct 12 2009, 09:13 PM
Terp   That is pretty telling, sounds like they take trac...   Oct 12 2009, 11:13 PM
Mojave   QUOTE (Terp @ Oct 12 2009, 06:13 PM) That...   Oct 12 2009, 11:59 PM
Rob Hood   I don't think doing a clutch job by yourself o...   Oct 13 2009, 04:57 AM
Blainefab   QUOTE (Rob Hood @ Oct 12 2009, 09:57 PM) ...   Oct 13 2009, 08:34 AM
GaryK   A little off topic but...does anybody have any inf...   Oct 16 2009, 08:42 PM

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